\S{faq-ssh2-keyfmt}{Question} Does PuTTY support reading OpenSSH or
\cw{ssh.com} SSH-2 private key files?
-PuTTY doesn't support this natively, but as of 0.53
+PuTTY doesn't support this natively (see
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/key-formats-natively.html}{the wishlist entry}
+for reasons why not), but as of 0.53
PuTTYgen can convert both OpenSSH and \cw{ssh.com} private key
files into PuTTY's format.
If you have host keys available in the common \i\c{known_hosts} format,
we have a script called
-\W{http://www.tartarus.org/~simon-anonsvn/viewcvs.cgi/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
+\W{http://svn.tartarus.org/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
to convert them to a Windows .REG file, which can be installed ahead of
time by double-clicking or using \c{REGEDIT}.
\S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC?
-It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet,
-and certainly isn't yet useful. PuTTY on portable devices would
-clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be
-brought up to release quality.
+We have done some work on such a port, but it only reached an early
+stage, and certainly not a useful one. It's no longer being actively
+worked on.
-There's also a third-party port at
-\W{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}\c{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}.
+However, there's a third-party port at
+\W{http://www.pocketputty.net/}\c{http://www.pocketputty.net/}.
\S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to \i{Windows 3.1}?
\c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\RandSeedFile
+You can ask PuTTY to delete all this data; see \k{faq-cleanup}.
+
On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory \cw{~/.putty}.
\H{faq-howto} HOWTO questions
\S{faq-xpwontrun}{Question} PuTTY fails to start up. Windows claims that
\q{the application configuration is incorrect}.
-This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which is
-triggered by PuTTY 0.58. It can be avoided by installing
-Service Pack 2, by using a different version of PuTTY, or by installing
-a special \i{manifest file} alongside the PuTTY executable.
-The
+This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which
+is triggered by PuTTY 0.58. This was fixed in 0.59. The
\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/xp-wont-run}{\q{xp-wont-run}}
entry in PuTTY's wishlist has more details.
If you have software based on PuTTY, or specifically designed to
interoperate with PuTTY, or in some other way of genuine interest to
PuTTY users, then we will probably be happy to add a link to you on
-our Links page. And if you're running a mirror of the PuTTY web
-site, we're \e{definitely} interested.
+our Links page. And if you're running a particularly valuable mirror
+of the PuTTY web site, we might be interested in linking to you from
+our Mirrors page.
\S{faq-sourceforge}{Question} Why don't you move PuTTY to
SourceForge?
Having said all that, if you still really \e{want} to give us money,
we won't argue :-) The easiest way for us to accept donations is if
you send money to \cw{<anakin@pobox.com>} using PayPal
-(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}). Alternatively, if
-you don't trust PayPal, you could donate through e-gold
-(\W{http://www.e-gold.com}\cw{www.e-gold.com}): deposit your
-donation in account number 174769, then send us e-mail to let us
-know you've done so (otherwise we might not notice for months!).
+(\W{http://www.paypal.com/}\cw{www.paypal.com}). If you don't like
+PayPal, talk to us; we can probably arrange some alternative means.
Small donations (tens of dollars or tens of euros) will probably be
spent on beer or curry, which helps motivate our volunteer team to
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